The issue focused on if you can pass on your wealth to your children if you die without your will. 
 
 * 1 : [Rick Santorum](http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/paula.santorum.htm) famously came out with a statement that if you pass on your wealth to your children they will never have to work for a living. 
 
 * 2 : [Warren Buffett](http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/rubenstein.buffett.htm) told his employees that they could leave